You cannot have a person come out and not have a job.

The problem is that this Congress has diminished the amount of work that prisoners can do.

If we want to fight crime we have to do what the research tells us.

the gang issue, if you are part of a gang and you come out, you may then--if you are having a hard time, and the comment I wanted to make is I guess you are going to have a harder time now with the economy being what it is.

And actually, you know, for three old guys, you were fairly exciting insofar as laying out what the opportunities are insofar as really making a difference.

But to have the Saudi government who really I do not think is a very-- helped create the problem that we are facing.

We are going to offer an amendment that sets up a program whereby prisoners can work on making products that are no longer made in the United States.

I think a job is the most important, centering thing, for all of us, an important centering part of our lives.

Also, Mr. Werholtz, if you vote for Sam Brownback for Governor you will have one of the finest guys that I know.

How well do we honestly do?

But I still see articles in the paper about it, though. You still see more at state and local prisons, but it is still----

I am going to offer an amendment to require or allow an increase in work, a demonstration project whereby they will make products that are no longer made in the United States.

I think it is interesting. Kansas is different than, I mean, you have different areas.

I think it has to be so truly bipartisan that it stands the test no matter who comes at it.

I thank whatever is done really has to be so authentically, truly, bipartisan.

I think we need a best practices list and someone has to say what are the most successful programs.

Would it make sense to take some of the money that we have under the incarceration punishment category and shift it into rehabilitation but also shift it into rehabilitation after they leave?

You do better by spending money to make certain that there are supportive families and supportive communities.

If you put together a group of people whose judgment was strong and that you trusted, what they would be looking at is what kind of demand, what kind of capability do we have.

I mean, we would move to paper. Government paper will be junk bond status.

I really think we are having a tough time. One of the reasons, I think, is that young people are not as interested as they used to be.

If we had given science all the money we gave AIG, can you imagine how they would be doing?

I do not know what this Administration's budget will show. The last Administration was not very, very supportive of it.

I think we have continued to lose ground over the last three years relative to our competitors abroad.

You will not solve the problem with the current office in the White House.